Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Something Old, Something New

I took some time away from my American Revolution project to work on some new Sky Galleons vessels. I have a fair amount of unpainted lead from a purchase I made from Stone Mountain a couple years ago. They found some old Lizards Grin Martian ships in their basement and sold off the lot. Needless to say, it was pretty popular stuff and I picked up some of the ships I wanted.

I've painted up a Macefield, a couple of French Harpon gunboats, a Warm Winds merchant kite, and a Mikasa class armed merchant. These together with some Brigade Miniatures patrol gunboats gave me an idea for a new scenario.

Alert class gunboats by Brigade Miniatures. Their two 4.7" quick-firing guns provide punch, but their light armor and limited secondary armament are vulnerabilities.

Lizard's Grin Warm Winds kite. The scale of the kite is way out of line; with a hull size of 20 it should be the largest vessel I own. It isn't.

Lizard's Grin Macefield. Not a great model, but it'll do.

French Harpon class gunboats by Lizard's Grin. Not a bad representation.

The next air battle in our Shastapsh campaign will take place outside the of the island city. A change of scenery will do us good. I've also come up with a new terrain feature I want to try out. It has some tricks and some down sides, but it's worth a try. Don't want to give away too much.

About Me

I'm a high school history and journalism teacher, a career I've loved and continued to enjoy. Aside from my family I have several passions-miniature wargaming, movies, books and music. I'm also a died in the wool Mariners fan and baseball lover.